Changing the linked media files


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As from ELAN version 2.4, the possibility exists to explicitly change the list of media files that are linked from an *.eaf file. This option can be handy if, for instance, you have moved media files to another location after the last time you edited an ELAN file or renamed one or moreof the linked media files.

Activating the Linked Files dialog window (via Edit > Linked files…) will get you the following screen:

Figure 20. Linked files dialog window

The following options are available on the Linked Media Files tab:

Add…: add a link to a new media file from the current *.eaf file.
Remove: remove the selected media file.
Update…: specify a new location of the selected file. This is especially useful if the checkbox Status is not marked. The latter indicates the media file could not be found while the ELAN file was opened (e.g. because the media files was moved).
Set Master Media: make the selected media file the Master Media.
Set Extracted from…: indicate that a sound file has been extracted from a video file.
: moves a file up/down in the linked file list. The file on top automatically becomes the Master Media file. The audio file on the highest location is displayed in the Waveform Viewer.

	Note
	By default the audible sound will be produced by the first media file in the list. Even if both video and audio (e.g. `.wav`) files have been linked, the audible sound is from the first file in the list. This can be changed in the Volume section of the Controls tab (right top corner of the window).

The Linked Secondary Files tab shows files that are linked as secondary files. In particular, files that contain data that need to be displayed by the Timeseries Viewer (see the section called “The Timeseries Viewer”) are found here, but other files may be linked as well. The following options are available:

Add…: add a link to a new file to the current *.eaf file.
Remove: remove the selected file.
Update…: specify a new location of the selected file. This is especially useful if the checkbox Status is not marked. The latter indicates that the file could not be found while the ELAN file was opened (e.g. because the media files was moved).
Set Associated With...: associate the file with another linked file.